December Traffic Calmer
 When the Economy Suffers, Safety Shouldn’t
Keeping Safety a Priority
In this issue:
-Keeping Safety a Priority-Keeping your Budget Down while
 Protecting your Streets
-Road Safety Statistics
-How Traffic Logix Products Can
 Make Your Roads Safer
The failing economy has affected nearly every individual, corporation, and municipality. Although everyone is feeling the effects of the economic downfall, it’s important not to lose focus of our priorities. 
Keeping your streets safe and preventing accidents and fatalities continues to be of paramount concern. With all the focus on budgetary issues and economic worries, it is important to keep working to control traffic speeds and protect the safety of pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists.
Keeping your Budget Down while Protecting your Streets
Traffic Logix Speed Hump Many cities are working to cut their budgets or at the very least to keep them from expanding. Buying traffic calming solutions from Traffic Logix can help you keep your costs down. Instead of having law enforcement professionals spend their time patrolling local streets to enforce speed laws, traffic calming products offer an ongoing solution to ensure that speed limits are obeyed. This in turn frees up the time of law enforcement individuals, allowing them to work on other municipal concerns.
The intuitive design of Traffic Logix rubber traffic calming solutions allows them to be easily moved during the winter or for any road resurfacing, and reinstalled. This eliminates the cost of recreating new asphalt solutions. The rubber solutions can also be installed as tests and moved from location to location to calm traffic on different neighborhood streets. Traffic Logix rubber products are simple to install and do not require costly equipment or work crews. Unlike asphalt solutions, rubber is always within spec since it is preformed. This versatility, which cannot be offered by solutions that are paved into the road, ensures that your investment in rubber traffic calming is cost-effective and lasting.
 Road Safety Statistics
  • The total societal cost of crashes exceeds $230 billion annually. (FHWA, 2007)
  • In 2007, 41,059 people died in car crashes. (FHWA, 2007)
  • 30% of the people killed in traffic accidents are under age 25. (FHWA, 2007)
  • Most pedestrian fatalities occur in urban areas (73%) at non intersection locations (77%) in normal weather conditions (90%) and at night (67%). (NHTSA, 2007)
  • A five year case-control study found that children with speed humps in their neighborhoods had 50% lower odds of being hurt or injured in a vehicle accident. (American Journal of Public Health, 2004)
  • A study conducted in Portland, OR found that streets with traffic calming experienced a 39% decrease in crash frequency. (2008)
 How Traffic Logix Products Can Make your Streets Safer
The Traffic Logix complete line of traffic calming solutions, including rubber products and radar speed signs, are all designed with one goal in mind- protecting pedestrians and motorists and keeping your streets safe.
Rubber products are embedded with highly reflective highway tape so that they are visible to motorists, even at night. They are built from interlocking units that connect to each other before being securely fastened to the road so that they stay in place and do not shift. They are built to comply with ITE standards and are engineered to slow cars effectively without being a harsh impediment to drivers. Traffic Logix speed cushions

Speed humps, cushions, and tables, each address different safety concerns and slow cars to different speeds so that you can choose the rubber solution that best suits your speed limit and safety needs.  Rubber solutions keep your streets safe by compelling drivers to slow down.
Traffic Logix radar speed sign

Traffic Logix radar speed signs are another effective traffic calming solution and are compliant with MUTCD standards. The unique optical system offers the best visibility available, ensuring that the signs can be viewed clearly, even from far distances or in poor lighting conditions. LEDs function using only 30% of their power, saving energy and lowering costs. Signs can be programmed to perform according to your specifications and scheduling. Radar speed signs help keep your roads safe by making drivers more aware of their speeds.   

To learn more about Traffic Logix products and solutions, visit us on the web at www.trafficlogix.com, send us an email at info@trafficlogix.com or give us a call at 866-915-6449. We look forward to hearing from you!
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Traffic Logix wishes you and yours a safe and happy holiday season. Remember, the best gift you can give your city is safer, more livable streets.
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Spring Valley, NY 10977
866-915-6449
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